Rosicky Czechs in with a brace
Arsenal's 8million new-boy Tomas Rosicky turned in a scintillating two-goal display as the Czech Republic roared past an ultimately outclassed United States with a 3-0 win in their Group E opener.
The only downside to a clinical victory for the Czechs was what appeared to be a severe hamstring injury suffered by opening goalscorer Jan Koller, which could leave them with a striking crisis for Saturday's encounter with Ghana in Cologne.
With Milan Baros' foot injury predictably ruling him out, there was even more emphasis on the giant Koller as a lone front-man, so the text-book header he powered home just five minutes into the game would have been a crushing disappointment to the US.
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